Quotations in the News

"Let's be frank: The House is broken. We are not settling scores. We are wiping the slate clean." — Paul Ryan, who became the 54th speaker of the U.S. House.

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"He was poorly served by whatever campaign adviser told him to go down that path with Marco. It's not the kind of ideas campaign that he has promised." — Brian Ballard, a major fundraiser for both Jeb Bush's campaign and super PAC, after Bush's verbal jab during the third Republican debate backfired when Marco Rubio made a sharp comeback.

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"I think we may spend less on things like traveling, luxury goods, expensive new phones or a bigger house." — Su Weihua, 36, the mother of an 8-year-old daughter in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, who is making plans to become pregnant next year after Beijing abolished its one-child policy.